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. >> jennifer grant haholm from michigan. a good piece of this comes from a program which allows our automotive suppliers to go to a bank and have access to loans that otherwise might not have had because of the crunch on credit. it allows them to be able to invest in machining, to diversify and move into areas like medical devices or alternative energy. the bottom line for michigan and for all of the states, and certainly for the businesses, is that this means jobs. michigan's program was very small and will now be significantly more robust. state programs will be able to create or maintain 11,000 jobs, $800 million worth of credits that will keep people employed in michigan and make business is stronger as the move to this difficult time. this is a great bill for us. hopefully it is a great bill for the people who are working for these businesses or will be working for these businesses. i am thrilled to be here and say thank you to the president for signing this bill that gives people opportunity. >> my name is stephen neal
. >> jennifer grant haholm from michigan. a good piece of this comes from a program which allows our automotive suppliers to go to a bank and have access to loans that otherwise might not have had because of the crunch on credit. it allows them to be able to invest in machining, to diversify and move into areas like medical devices or alternative energy. the bottom line for michigan and for all of the states, and certainly for the businesses, is that this means jobs. michigan's program...
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jennifer smith of focus-driven. sandy, the national organization for use safety, and others that have led safety advocacy groups. researchers who have probed the science of distracted driving. law enforcement professionals who figured out ways to enforce the support laws. our partners at the u.s. department of labor, the secretary and dr. david michaels, leader of the occupational safety and health administration. contra prisoners who have developed innovative systems and devices to help address this issue. automakers to realize they are the critical part of the solution. victims of distracted driving whose stories provide the stark reality that lead us to action. and hundreds of others in this room who realize the seriousness of the issue and have brought to bear their creativity and resources to address distracted driving. over the last year, i have witnessed tireless efforts by my own colleagues and the leadership team, each of whom have worked with their own teams to ask, what can our agency due to tackle this i
jennifer smith of focus-driven. sandy, the national organization for use safety, and others that have led safety advocacy groups. researchers who have probed the science of distracted driving. law enforcement professionals who figured out ways to enforce the support laws. our partners at the u.s. department of labor, the secretary and dr. david michaels, leader of the occupational safety and health administration. contra prisoners who have developed innovative systems and devices to help...
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that applause is for you, jennifer. i can't thank you enough for all staying and, jennifer, thank you for your great statement. i will be brief. i want to thank our friends at c-span. what's taken place here today has been broadcast all over america and in some places in the world. it will be rebroadcast, i'm sure, many times. but it's extraordinary that c-span would spend all of the time that they have spent with us today broadcasting the important message and i'm really grateful to our friends at c-span for what they've done, for giving people a better understanding of what's been talked about here today and the issue of distracted driving and to our other friends in the 3450ediaia that were here -- in the media that were here, we're grateful to them also for the attention they have paid to this issue. you're going to be reading a lot of stories about this event today. peter, thank you to you and your team for organizing this. to our public affairs director and her team, for all the work that they did with peter to ma
that applause is for you, jennifer. i can't thank you enough for all staying and, jennifer, thank you for your great statement. i will be brief. i want to thank our friends at c-span. what's taken place here today has been broadcast all over america and in some places in the world. it will be rebroadcast, i'm sure, many times. but it's extraordinary that c-span would spend all of the time that they have spent with us today broadcasting the important message and i'm really grateful to our...
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host: last question is from michigan, jennifer on the republican line. caller: yes, congressman. i'm a little bit confused. i have a son who his career military so i it supports the military. he was part of e mission to find saddam hussein and i'm very proud of him. i would not have him any other way. i raised him to be a proud american. he did two tours in iraq, came home, did a tour in afghanistan, came home safe, with posttraumatic stress disorder. no doubt getting ready to go backo afghanistan. what in the world are we going to do here? they are putting us in there and failed, rushed us in there and failed. what can we hope to accomplish with all that -- host: thank you. we will pause there, because we understand the question. guest: first of all, thank you so much for the service of your son. i believe the military today is the most extraordinary this country has had its history in terms of the young men and women who served in the armed forces. i think in afghanistan that achieving the level of stability that afghanistan is not used as a basis of terrorism and in a way that
host: last question is from michigan, jennifer on the republican line. caller: yes, congressman. i'm a little bit confused. i have a son who his career military so i it supports the military. he was part of e mission to find saddam hussein and i'm very proud of him. i would not have him any other way. i raised him to be a proud american. he did two tours in iraq, came home, did a tour in afghanistan, came home safe, with posttraumatic stress disorder. no doubt getting ready to go backo...